K12 Tech Talk

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K12 Tech Talk episodes

August 18, 2023 Episode 131 - The Room Where It Happens
In this episode, we are happy to have a special guest with us, Josh from New Hampshire AKA "The Other Josh." He was one of approximately 15 K12 CIO's invited to last week's White House Convening. Josh gives us a bit of a behind the scenes look at everything from the e-vite to the event itself. We also have more "hot takes" on what we want to see from Google and other big players in the K12 product/service space. Side Note - This episode had some recording/editing issues. We're sorry. We're trying new podcast recording software and it didn't go so well lolol. Mark tried to fix it. Kudos to Mark.
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Fortinet - Email [email protected] - Free Security Awareness Training
NTP
Extreme Networks - Email [email protected]
ConvergeOne
SomethingCool.com
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54 min
August 11, 2023 Episode 130 - Hot Takes on the White House Convening
In this episode, Chris recaps his trip to the Annual ISAC Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah last week. We talk about a new Papercut Vulnerability, a study that shows 47% of schools paid ransom groups, and Zoom's abrupt change to their TOS and Privacy Policy to include AI training.
However, the majority of this episode is about the White House convening that took place this week. They brought in big players in "Big IT" along with representatives from K12 school districts around the country to announce new initiatives to protect schools. One of those items is a new Guidebook from Google, however, we do have some "Hot Takes" on what was announced...
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Fortinet - Email [email protected] - Free Security Awareness Training
NTP
Extreme Networks - Email [email protected]
ConvergeOne
SomethingCool.com
Oh, and...
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Tweet us err X us @k12techtalkpod
Visit our LinkedIn page HERE
50 min
August 04, 2023 Episode 129 - Supply Chain Woes
In this episode, Chris leads us off with sad stories about storms, power outages, dead UPSs, and dead servers. Mark leads us in a discussion about a new report from CISA titled "2022 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities." It is an interesting report on the top leveraged vulnerabilities for 2022 and methods to mitigate. Josh doesn't have any stories, but he talks A LOT.
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KCAV
Fortinet - Email [email protected]
Extreme Networks - Email [email protected]
VIZOR
SomethingCool.com
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1 hr 2 min
July 28, 2023 Episode 128 - Summer Account Woes
The guys discuss the woes of new employees, employees changing positions, and employees leaving. They do a couple listener emails and discuss K12TechPro. Oh, and they try out a LIVE STREAM of the podcast via K12TechPro (more of that coming down the road probably!). Finally, Chris gives a bit more clarity on the vetting roadmap of K12TechPro and the k12sysadmin subreddit.
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RTI
Fortinet - Email [email protected]
Extreme Networks - Email [email protected]
VIZOR
SomethingCool.com
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48 min
July 22, 2023 Episode 127 - Josh Gets a Bobblehead
We are tired and worn out! Mark and Chris spent the early part of the week at MidwestTechTalk and they are worn out. Josh is tired from working a full week after being gone for 2 weeks to ALASKA. Mark and Chris recap the MidwestTechTalk conference and Mark shares his observations about Missouri. We talk about the recent Class Action Lawsuit filed against Securly alleging that they sold student data to a 3rd party. We dream and brainstorm about what IoT devices we could see in classrooms over the next 5-10 years. Finally, Chris gives a bit more clarity on the relationships between K12TechPro and the k12sysadmin subreddit.
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HPE/Aruba - Email [email protected]
Fortinet - Email [email protected]
Extreme Networks - Email [email protected]
NTP
SomethingCool.com
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51 min
July 14, 2023 Episode 126 - Josh Goes to Alaska
In this episode, Josh talks about Alaska. The guys talk about other things too, but mostly Josh talks about Alaska. Chris was probably supposed to post some additional links in the description, but he doesn't remember them... he only remembers Josh talking about Alaska.
FCC Announcement about Cyber Security Funding
AI generated images for every state (article referenced during the episode)
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HPE/Aruba - Email [email protected]
Fortinet - Email [email protected]
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NTP
SomethingCool.com
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39 min
June 30, 2023 Episode 125 - Interview with Christy Wyatt, Absolute CEO
This is a special episode. We interview Christy Wyatt, the CEO of Absolute.
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K12 Tech Talk Absolute Resource Links
Absolute Research Reports
Absolute for Education/K12
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30 min
June 23, 2023 Episode 124 - A Fish Too Far?
Chris, Josh, and Mark discuss the recent news that Fairfax County Public Schools sent teachers an appreciation email that ended up being a phishing test (Washington Post article), and they debate on if it was right or wrong to do. Too far maybe? Chris talks about setting up restricted Google access as well as doing the "under 18 third party apps" Google stuff, and the articles about both on K12TechPro, and Josh talks about some phrase he found on the internet that is thought provoking about cybersecurity supposedly.
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Provision Data Solutions
Fortinet - Email [email protected]
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NTP
SomethingCool.com
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36 min
June 16, 2023 Episode 123 - Are Passkeys Necessary?
In this episode, we talk about the MoveIT vulnerability and the recent Fortinet SSL VPN vulnerability. The majority of the episode is spent covering the various versions of MFA, including a deep dive into what Passkeys are. If you are a Google Workspace school district, you should take note and enable the option for Passkey MFA. We talk about disabling IMAP for Gmail as a step to enhance email security. Josh talks about his fiber project that is now underway.
BleepingComputer article about Fortinet SSLVPN issue
CISA press release about MoveIT
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Managed Methods - free Google Workspace and/or Microsoft 365 security audit
Fortinet - Email [email protected]
Extreme Networks - Email [email protected]
VIZOR
SomethingCool.com
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42 min
June 09, 2023 Episode 122 - Can You Pass a Cybersecurity Assessment?
Josh is on vacation, so it's the Chris and Mark Show! We discuss Microsoft OneDrive being down, the upcoming MidwestTechTalk conference, and most of the episode is spent taking the K12 Six cybersecurity self-assessment.
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Join the K12TechPro.com Community.
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Managed Methods - free Google Workspace and/or Microsoft 365 security audit
Fortinet - Email [email protected]
Extreme Networks - Email [email protected]
NTP
SomethingCool.com
Oh, and...
Email us at [email protected]
Tweet us @k12techtalkpod
Visit our LinkedIn page HERE
41 min

About K12 Tech Talk

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A K12TechPro Podcast. This podcast is about trending K12 technology topics and issues. Josh, Chris, and Mark have real conversations, real arguments, and real banter on IT issues and trends in K12 Schools. Current and Past Sponsors: Absolute, Arista, HPE Aruba Networking, Blocksi, Chromebookparts.com, ClassLink, CTL, Eaton, Extreme Networks, Fortinet, Howard Technology Solutions, iDoc, IncidentIQ, Infoblox, INVZBL, Jupiter Education, Lightspeed Systems, Luma Technologies, Managed Methods, Meter, NTP, Papercut, Provision Data Solutions, Pondurance, PowerGistics, Prey, Rise Vision, Ruckus/Commscope, SaferWatch, Scale Computing, SHI, StatusGator, SomethingCool.com, Tripp Lite, Verkada, VIZOR